Locking device



May 8, 1928. 4 1,668,983

. J. Q. SHERMAN LOCKING DEVI CE Filed March 15. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 (Jae 000600 YIIIIIIIIIIuI/fl! INVENTOR.

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.1. Q. SHERMAN LOCKING DEVICE May 8, 1928. 1,668,983

Filed March 15. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (I of [22a f Z 78 A INVENTO A [LAM Ii-m g1} W A TTORNEYS.

Patented May 8, 1928.

PAr NT OFFICE.

a v JOHN e. SHERMAN, OFDAYTONQ OHIO.

LOCKING DEVICE.

\ a ncmnm filed March 15 1926. seriariweaen.

My invention relates to locking devices employed for the purpose of securing doors, lidsand drawers against being opened, par:- ticularly designed, for padlock and key. I y v I There have been devices in the past having key con-trolled elements for holding. doors, lids and drawers in place, but these have not been formed with sufficient simplicity toper: mit their practical use, andfurth'ermore have not been. widely enough adaptable to various uses to make them practical.

It is the object of my inventionto provide a device which can be sold as a kit packed in a small space, as for example in a case similar to a safety razor case, and will be useful for looking, all kinds ofimembers; together,

w'herean opening is closed by an articulated memben a p 1?articularly is such a device needed by those who do considerable travelling about, as it ismuch to bev desired for one; to be able to lock up clothing and valuables especially against access byv petty pilfererssuchas for instance are often encountered'in hotels,v

where it is desired thatthe room. he accessible at alltimes tothe managements when the guest is not inthe room. To-thi's end when theguest is in the room, thereis often no way whereby he or she can prevent employees equipped with skeletonkeys from letting themselves in, and moreover when thcguest; is out itis often desired to. lock up valuables in a drawer of the dresser or in a closet. against access by persons who would hesitate eto break open alocking do vice. The basic principles of mydevices are old, and it is. my object as noted to proyide instrumentalities which, are cheap "and a t/the same time strong and can be usedto tightly hold a movable closure in its, opening, and

applicable to a; wide variety ofc'ases; To that end I provide a hook element to be engaged within the opening to be closed; asliding, abutment element to make a good.

firm bearing against. the outerface of the opening and closure thereto, and a padlock tov engage the bearing element andholld' it in a. wideyariety of adjusted, positions, against being forced away from position of holding the closure in abutment with or lying-within the walls of the opening which it is-closing.

' I, accomplish my objectsbythat certain construction and. arrangement otparts, tolbeuse: with an Ordinary Y hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed...

In the drawing;- Figure 1 is a horizontal section taken from above a knob in-adoor, showing the simplest format my device in use. I

Figure 2 through. a di 'awerand cabinet or dresser, showing mydevice used to lock the drawer.

Figure v 3 is a perspectiveshowing my die- 1 vice used to look a filing cabinet.

Figure 42 is a plan view of the sliding abutmentor keeper.

Figured-is an edgcwise View thereof taken used with this modification.

Figure 13 is a side elevation of thisxmodi fiedrform of keeper. p

Referring first to the" simple form, and the one which will be tound most. readily usable in a wide number of cases, the parts .include a pad-lock I, of usual type, a strip? or plate of still preferably case-hardened 1nctal2, with, aehook at the end, and aslider or keeper 3 that engages. overthe plate. The

vis a, vertical section taken plate has a series of holes therein as at'flg.

and the keeper has ahole therein asa-t 5.1 I have shown a door having at jamb o, and,

a bolt plate? Ina kit there; will usuallyi be several thicknessestof hook plates, and one which will lie betweenthe door. andlt he,

. jamb wheirthe door is closed willbe select The door ispartially closed, thehooki at the endgof' the plate inserted in thebolt;

plate; andlthe door then closed over; it leaving the end projecting, The slideris then-r movedalongtonhthe late until it abu-ts the door, @and then] thellOl-e in the slider ismatched with-a hole in thehook plate,and

tliepadlockset, through the twoholesa J y In looking a drawer, thehook plate may be turned up and jhookedinsideof the cabinet, or; dresser, over the ledge. 8 about the drawer, openingw l he drawers 9 isthen;

moved into the opening and the sliding keeper and padlock applied as in thefirst example. 7

In closing a file cabinet 10, the drawer 11 will be shut, after hooking the plate over the base ledge of the cabinet, and the device applied as before, the hook in this instance.

facing down.

To denote the particular structure of the parts, attention should be called firstly to the hook or lip at the inner end of the hook plate. The book 12, in the examples shown, is bent to more than a right angle. This is to allow for an attempt to force the device out of place by pressure or blows. While the flange or hook might bend a certain amount, this bend will not flatten out the plate so much, as if the hook were at right angles, as will be obvious, because the eflects of pressure will be merely to straighten up the hook, to a right angle position.

The keeper or slider is formed with a body 3, with two loops 13 and 14 to engage over the hook plate. This gives it a firm position on the plate, and the one loop is made with a deep lower edge, and the whole device is made considerably wider than the slots which engage over the plate, so as to give a full abutment against the faces 01": the members to be held together.

In the modification in Figures 7 to 13 of the drawings, the hook plate is replaced by a perforated metal steel ribbon 20, having a hook 21, and holes or perforations 22. A

' spring housing 22 similar to that used in measuring tapes, stores the tape automatically. The keeper is made similarly with a body 23, except that it has one-loop 24, and has a projection 25, in the form of a flat plate, which extends along the tape and two ears 26 turned down, so as to straddle the ribbon. A wedge plate, having a wedge shaped body 27, anda projecting end 28 formed with interspaced holes 29 therein, as in the instance of the first hook plate, is also provided for use with the steel tape construction.

In use the hook on the tape is set into the bolt hole 30 of a door, as in the instance of the hook plate. The wedge is set over the plate, with the keeper mounted over the plate. The rear loop receives the flat end of the wedge and the tongue on the keeper lies within the door. The ears on the slider hold the wedge in place. As the door is closing, the slider is moved to a position where its projection lies between the door and the jamb and after the door is closed the wedge is pushed home between the door and the ribbon. The holes in the wedge in the slider and in the ribbon are then lined up and the padlock set into place as before.

The advantage of the differences over the hook plate are these :'The distance within the opening where it is required to hook the end of the tape is not a limiting factor for use of the device. The wedge holds the door or other closure in a tight position against attempts to jar the hook out of engaging position, by rattling the closure. It also adds stiffness to the combined parts. The projection on the wedge plate also serves a purpose of stifi'ening the entire element, and filling the space between the closure and the walls of the opening being closed.

As in the first instance the keeper holds all parts tog-ether.

Other modifications of my device could be devised, although I have not illustrated them, and all of which would embody my essential ideas, which are the provision of a linear element with a hooked end to mount between a closure and the walls of the opening beingclosed, with the hook engaging a shoulder provided by a bolt hole, a drawer frame molding or what not together with a keeper, and a padlock to engage the keeper with the linear element.

Having thus described my invent-ion what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for securing closures to framed openings comprising a linear member of metal having interspaced holes therein, a keeper having a loop for slidably engaging over the linear member, said keeper having a hole therein, a padlock for engaging through the keeper and linear member holes, and a hook at the end of the linear member, to engage a cavity in the framed opening, said keeper being formed with a body of metal projecting well beyond the loop to engage theface of a closure and hold it in engagement with the frame of the opening.

2. A device for securing closures to framed openings comprising a linear member of metal having interspaced holes therein, a keeper having a loopfor slidably engaging over the linear member, said keeper having a hole therein, a padlock for engaging through the keeper and linear member holes, and a hook at the end of the linear member, said keeper being formed with a body of metal projecting well beyond the loop to engage the face of a closure and hold it in engagement with the frame of the opening, and a stillener for use with the linear member and engaged by the keeper, said stifiener having holes for passage of the padlock arm.

3. A. device for securing closures to framed openings comprising a linear member of inetalxhaving interspaced holes therein, a keeper having a loop for slidably engaging over the linear member, said keeper having a hole therein, a padlock for engaging through the keeper and linear member holes, and a hook at the end of the linear member, said keeper being formed with a body of metal projecting well beyond the loop to engage the face of a closure and hold it in engagement With the frame of the opening, and a stiffener for use with the linear member and engaged by the keeper, said stifiener having holes for passage of the padlock arm, and said stifiener formed as a Wedge and when adjusted serving to hold the closure in non-rattling position.

t. A device for securing closures to framed openings comprising a linear member of 10 metal having interspaced holes therein, a

keeper havinga loop for slidably engaging over the linear member, said keeper having a hole therein, a padlock for engaging through the keeper and linear member holes, and a hook at the'end of the linear member, and said keeper having an extension, adapted to lie along the linear member, between the closure and the framed Opening.

JOHN o. SHERMAN. 

